Wyatt Cox and Gage Bartlett have known each other since kindergarten, which is something that is not uncommon in an area like the Platte Valley. For the first two years of high school, both Cox and Bartlett played for the Encampment Tigers basketball team. When they entered their junior year, however, they went from teammates to competitors after Bartlett moved to Saratoga and began playing for the Saratoga Panthers.

For Cox and Bartlett, their senior year was filled with memorable achievements. Both young men scored over 1,000 points during their high school career, passing the thousandth...